Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (1896-1944)
Organization
Dates
- Usage: 1896 - 1944
Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:
J. Preston Newman Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1982-016
Abstract
The J. Preston Newman Papers includes four poems (1935-1938, n.d.), as well as papers relating to Ralph Minthorne Brown, university librarian at Virginia Tech.
Dates:
1910-1975, n.d.
Records of the Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station
Record Group
Identifier: RG-25-01
Abstract
The Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station (VAES) was established in 1886 by an act of the Virginia General Assembly and funded by the federal Hatch Act of 1887 for the purpose of providing practical and useful information on agricultural and scientific subjects. The collection includes 114 surveys books for ten counties in Virginia from 1931 through 1940, as well as files dated 1903-1947 of weather reports, annual reports of investigations of the field laboratories, and a large amount of...
Dates:
1903 - 1947
Frank L. Robeson Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-014
Abstract
The collection includes papers from Frank L. Robeson's tenure as a student at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute, Columbia University, and Johns Hopkins University, as well as subject and research files from his nearly 50 years as an instructor and professor at VPI, dating from 1899 to 1954.
Dates:
1899-1954, undated
Records of the Dean of the College, John E. Williams
Record Group
Identifier: RG-11-02
Abstract
This collection contains several series of documents related to Professor John E. Williams's (1867-1943) service as Dean of the College for Virginia Tech between 1924 and 1943. They include correspondence with businesses, governmental organizations, parents, alumni, and other administration members of Virginia Tech. Also included are lists of statistics on enrollment, student organization and university finances, scholarships, as well as reports on the honor and "rat" system. Williams was...
Dates:
1920 - 1940